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Item Identifier Number
ms192_051
Creation Date
6-18-1909
Collection
MS-192: Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration Collection
Description
Wilbur Wright is accepting the State of Ohio medal from Governor Judson Harmon during the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration medals ceremony held on the morning of Friday June 18, 1909 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. On the far left side of the image is Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm of the United States Army Signal Corps. Seated behind Wilbur Wright are Leontine and Ivonette Wright, the daughters of Lorin Wright, and Katharine Wright. In the background, Milton Wright, the son of Lorin Wright, is seated between Wilbur Wright and Governor Harmon. In the grandstand, school children are clothed in red, white, and blue to form the United States of America flag.
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
Photographic Negative
Permissions
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Date Digital
1-30-2008
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms192_051; Spectators; Haskell; Katharine Wright; 1874-1929; Rites and ceremonies; Wright; Milton; 1892-1961; Stages; Medal ceremonies; Grandstands; Church of the United Brethren in Christ; Medals; Child artists; Montgomery County Fairgrounds (Ohio); Performance art; Flags--United States; Governors--Ohio; Jameson; Leontine Wright; 1898-1977; Harmon; Judson; 1846-1927; Wright; Wilbur; 1867-1912; Dayton (Ohio) Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration -- 1909; Children performance; Miller; Ivonette Wright; 1896-1995; Wright; Milton; 1828-1917; Wright; Orville; 1871-1948
